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The votes are in!

Members of the public cast over 24,000 votes to select the top 50 designs from among the nearly 300 artist-created yard sign submissions. You can have one of these winning 50 designs in your very own yard, for $20 shipped. Click on "order this sign" near the design of your choice, and weâ€™ll pass you through to the My Yard Our Message shop at CafePress.com. When youâ€™re finished buying a sign, be sure to plot its location on our Google map, so we can keep track of where the signs end up.

How did we get here?

My Yard Our Message is a user-created yard sign project, launched in conjunction with the United States presidential election. The project is divided into three phases: in June 2008, artists and designers were invited to submit political yard sign designs exploring ideas about what it means to actively participate in a democracy. Beginning July 1, with design submitted, and a month-long public voting process began, where browsers could cast votes for their favorite yard signs. And now that the citizenry has spoken, the top 50 vote-getting designs are available for individual purchase.

My Yard our Message is part of larger community initiative called The UnConvention. A non-partisan collective of citizens and cultural institutions, The UnConvention provides a forum for promoting the democratic and free exchange of ideas during and after the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota from September 1-4, 2008.

The original call for entries is available on mnartists.org. My Yard Our Message is a project conceived by Scott Sayre, is produced by the Walker Art Center and mnartists.org in collaboration with The UnConvention.